A young orphaned French girl is taken in by a peasant family during WWII. Becoming fast friends with the young son, the two children begin playing games imitating the tragedies of war around them. Academy Award Nominations: Best Motion Picture Story.

Young French girl Paulette is orphaned when her parents and pet dog are killed while fleeing the Nazis during World War II. While wandering through the countryside with her dead dog in her arms, she is befriended by farm boy Michel, who brings her home to stay with his family. They decide to create an animal cemetery for pets killed in the fighting and use monuments from the nearby human cemetery to mark the graves. This desecration, as well as a trivial feud between rival farm families, threaten the children's newfound friendship.

Additional cast: Suzanne Contal, Jacques Morin, Laurence Badel.

Excerpt: "One of the best films ever about war and its effects." -- James Monaco, The Movie Guide

DVD Features:

Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono - French
Subtitles - English

Distributor Notes: After her parents are massacred in front of her eyes during a German air strike, five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey) seeks shelter with a peasant farm family and develops a close connection with the son, Michel (Georges Poujouly). The two become deeply affected by the death surrounding them and retreat into a grave world of lost innocence. Sensitively directed by Rene Clement, this Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film remains an unforgettable treasure of fifties French cinema.

Brigitte Fossey: French Actress
Georges Poujouly: French Child Actor/50s

Rene Clement: French Director/Screenwriter

"Perhaps no film illustrates war's impact on the innocent more effectively than Rene Clement's FORBIDDEN GAMES."